Calls from Hugh Freeze's phone that raised red flags happened over several years on trips using the school plane:

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Although school officials had previously declined to characterize the alleged misconduct, Ole Miss athletic director Ross Bjork said in response to questions from the Journal about Freeze’s travel that the university’s investigation uncovered “calls of a similar nature” over the course of several years, often matching up with travel logs showing the coach’s use of the school plane. The school said it examined his travel logs from peak recruiting times—often November, December and January—when Freeze would travel out of state, using the school plane and other public resources.

“When we say pattern, we are describing other phone numbers that when you Google them pull up similar type websites, services, however you would describe them,” Bjork said. “We took action swiftly.”

When the school presented its findings to Freeze, the coach admitted his misconduct and agreed to resign, school officials said.

W.G. Watkins, Freeze’s lawyer, declined to comment.

Dan Wolken‏Verified account @DanWolken 19h19 hours ago

No big revelations in the WSJ story on Freeze, but another interesting element that the calls matched up with recruiting trips.

Dan Wolken‏Verified account @DanWolken 13h13 hours ago

Dan Wolken Retweeted Tyler Wilson

Any coach who’s been around the block knows if they recruit outside the historical norm for their school, it’s going raise red flags.

Former Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze used his work mobile phone to call a number associated with a Houston massage company in December 2016, according to phone records obtained by SI.com through an open records request. A website found by searching for the phone number features photos of women in lingerie and offers to come to the client between the hours of 6 a.m. and 2 a.m. for $180 an hour. According to the site, the company promises “a high level of satisfactory services.”

Freeze resigned under pressure on July 20 because of what Ole Miss athletic director Ross Bjork termed a “concerning pattern” of behavior that Ole Miss officials found when searching through Freeze’s phone records.

Is the belief that he was arranging escorts just for himself? or recruits as well?

I think the play has been all along, from the school standpoint, to try and say these were for Freeze to keep the NCAA from digging. But it doesn't take a rocket science to line up the girls and trips and see exactly what Freeze had going on. Freeze was providing these recruits with free beaver hunting trips.

I think the play has been all along, from the school standpoint, to try and say these were for Freeze to keep the NCAA from digging. But it doesn't take a rocket science to line up the girls and trips and see exactly what Freeze had going on. Freeze was providing these recruits with free beaver hunting trips.